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THE VITALNESS OF VISION (Pt.1)

28/12/2014

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Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish:
but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”
"Where there is no vision…” This is a tragedy. No vision amongst God’s people is a serious ailment. But it is contrasted with “…he that keepeth the law...” This reveals that true spiritual vision is birthed out of obedience to God’s Word. In the midst of walking in the light of God’s Word we are given a heavenly vision. There is no one as blind as a man who strays from God’s written Word. A spiritual vision is a biblical vision. True vision comes from the clarity of God’s Word. Most in the church think of vision as a mystical vision or a dream received in a state of euphoria. In reality vision it is birthed out of the written scriptures. It is a revealing of the mind of God, heart of God, plan of God and the purpose of God through His Word. The Spirit of God leads you into true spiritual vision for your life by revealing the plan of God from God’s perspective through the written Word.

Men like Daniel and Paul who received and carried a God-given vision throughout their lives were men of the Book. Men of the Book do assuredly receive at appointed times supernatural visions. Neglect of the book kills vision. Disobedience to the law kills vision. Why would God give a prophetic vision to anyone who does not keep the law? You can never separate vision from obedience. In Jeremiah’s day the false prophets were filled with ecstatic vision but lacked biblical obedience. They perished but Jeremiah endured.

Obedience leads to a God-given vision. If you lack vision give yourself over to walk in the light of God’s Word and I promise you spiritual vision will be birthed in your heart. Men and woman of the Book have always been men and woman with vision. A vision (chazon) is a mental sight. It is something you can look at, gaze at or contemplate. A vision birthed by God in the heart is something we can look upon and meditate upon. It is conceived out of His character, His ways and His Word. An envisioned person is one caught up in a vision revealed from God. He gives them a vision of His divine and eternal purpose that will carry them through trials, temptations and troubles. It is the ability to see afar off. It is the ability to see beyond time. It is the ability to see from God’s perspective.

We are also told that “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” To “perish” (para) means to loosen, to dismiss, or to set at nought. A people without vision disintegrate, fall apart, or go to pieces. They lose the meaning of all they are doing. They lose focus. They lose the sense of divine purpose. To “perish” also means to expose, be naked, or to uncover. Where there is no Biblical vision the church ends up naked and ashamed like Laodicea. Blindness always goes hand in hand with nakedness which follows close on its heels. An obedient people have never lacked vision. The vision of the disobedient is mere smoke. The vision of the man who keeps God’s Word is eternal. A biblically inspired vision will make you stand through Hell and high water. Visions birthed out of the mind and heart of man always lead to spiritual demise and nakedness.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
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Jack H. Kirkland
29/12/2014 10:41:16 am

This is outstanding!

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